Battle of the Six Hundred and Eighty Americans

In the quiet corridor, there was a sudden violent sound of running, and there was a series of rapid echoes in the relatively empty space. An air force major rushed into the bomber unit of the US Army Air Force in the Middle East with a telegram document. The general headquarters waved the document in his hand and shouted loudly: "It's not good! An order from the general headquarters!"

Several American generals who were analyzing the situation in Egypt were pointing around a map, and they were discussing the feasibility of sending bombers to attack Tobruk. In the past few days, they have drawn up plans to bomb Alexandria and even Crete, but none of them can change the current precarious situation in North Africa.

"Urgent mission, the U.S. headquarters called to order all 310 B-17 bombers deployed in the Middle East to take off and bomb the oil field facilities in Romania." The major officer who came to deliver the documents saw that no one of these U.S. military leaders paid attention to him , so he continued to speak, with a look of endless surprise.

Sure enough, seeing the major uttering such important news, everyone raised their heads. The bomber commander of the U.S. Army Aviation Corps who was staring at Tobruk for a solution apparently also heard this important message. He hurried over and tore away the telegram paper from the major's hand.

The content above was like a time bomb, which exploded in his eyes and passed to his brain, completely short-circuiting his place for thinking. Another general took the telegram from his hand, but he didn't realize it either, and just stood there in a daze.

The message written in the telegram is similar to what the air force major who came to deliver the letter said. This message is: Take off all the B-17 long-range bombers that can take off, and attack the German army in Romania without fighter escorts. The oil field facilities, the complete destruction of the oil refinery plant there, paralyzed the war potential of the German army, and laid the foundation for the US initiative to eventually win the war.

But everyone knows that once this plan is implemented, success or failure will mean a full-scale war between the United States and Germany, and the entire Middle East will be enveloped in flames of war. No territory is immune to catastrophe.

In fact, these issues are not considered by the American generals here. They have other things in their minds. In the dictionary of real soldiers, there are only victory and defeat, and there are no such words as so-called catastrophe and massacre. No matter how it is modified, it is nothing more than the means and process to determine the outcome.

"Are you sure this is news from the country? If there is such a thing as a false order at this time, it will cause very terrible consequences!" An American general raised his head and looked at the major officer from the Air Force Intelligence Room. , confirmed in a rather solemn tone.

"General!" The major waited until the other party looked at him, and immediately stood at attention, saluted and said: "The password has been confirmed, and a confirmation telegram has been sent to the country, and another set of backup passwords has been used for re-verification.

It is indeed a top-secret order from the country, and there is nothing wrong with it. "

"That is to say, after we take off the bomber and bypass Crete and cut into Romania and drop the first bomb, the war between the United States and Germany will officially begin. Patton will defend the Suez Canal to the death, and we will , and will use all of our property to destroy the Romanian oil fields." The general nodded, then turned around and looked at his colleagues: "Gentlemen, from this moment on, we don't have to act in secret Now, at least in our unilateral view, the war has begun in full force."

"It should have started a long time ago. Earlier, it was to maintain commercial routes and transportation routes and other issues. Now that the other party has hit our doorstep, if we hold the attitude of not declaring war, we will not win the war." A major general of the air force clicked the map with his hand and said: "Not only do we want to bomb Romania, we also want to bomb Crete, bomb Italy! Blow up those damned Germans!"

Of course everyone has no problem shouting slogans. Anyone who can stand in this office is an expert in shouting slogans. The key is how to draw up a perfect combat plan so that American bombers can enter Romania without anyone noticing. In the sky, complete the first strike of declaring war similar to the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.

It’s not that the United States has never sent bombers to attack Romania. In fact, as early as half a year ago, when the British still held the command of the sea in the eastern Mediterranean, the Americans secretly dispatched 20 B-17 long-range bombers to the Balkan Peninsula. It was painted with the standard livery of the British Air Force. It took off from the airport at the northern tip of Greece, crossed the skies over Bulgaria and other countries, and attacked Romania's oil fields.

This plan is to destroy the production capacity of Romanian oil fields in one fell swoop, forcing the German army to give up continuing expansion due to lack of energy, and also allow the United States to control the development of European industries by controlling energy.

However, this plan obviously did not go smoothly at the beginning. After the first batch of 20 B-17 bombers took off in Greece, they just flew to the border area between Bulgaria and Romania, and lost contact with the headquarters. Observers deployed in Bulgaria said He did see his own bomber formation, but it didn't take long for these planes to crash in Romania one by one.

Afterwards, the Americans did not give up this solution to the war once and for all. It sent B-17 bombers to Greece again. The largest one was almost 70, but these planes were all shot down near the Romanian border. None Saw a real oil production factory.

Intelligence shows that the German army has deployed advanced detection radars in Romania. This type of radar can detect targets as large as high-altitude bombers at a distance of more than 400 kilometers. It can completely guide interceptor fighters to take off calmly and intercept and attack invading enemy aircraft. This kind of radar was named Sky Eye by the U.S. intelligence agency, but in fact the German equipment code name was -50bk-gh1935b, nicknamed "Glass Wall". In fact, the limit detection range of this high-altitude warning radar for B-17 is 450 kilometers, and it can judge the height, which is much more advanced than the Americans expected.

Moreover, the German army deployed more than just a high-altitude warning radar near the oil field. On the outskirts of the Romanian oilfield production area, the German army deployed more than three types of radar equipment, which were used for low-altitude blind spot coverage, medium-range locking and air combat guidance, and super Discovery at a distance. Formed completely no dead angle monitoring in the sub-region.

In addition, in order to ensure the absolute safety of Romanian oil fields, the German army deployed a ladder-type fixed anti-aircraft anti-aircraft artillery position consisting of 1,100 anti-aircraft guns on the ground, and another 210 anti-aircraft guns deployed on rails and vehicles. Mobile air defense support The detachment formed a multi-level anti-aircraft firepower network with movement in silence.

At the same time, along with these anti-aircraft artillery units, there are a total of 400 fighter jets, 200 of which are fixed air defense fighter jets dedicated to this area, and the other part is assigned to the frontline air force in Ukraine, but the deployed airport Actually closer to Romania.

For a target with such tight air defense measures, it is simply an impossible combat task to enter the airspace for large-scale destructive bombing. In the past few times, the Americans disguised themselves as the British Air Force and carried out many tentative attacks on these areas, and found that the Germans deployed here without any dead ends, and there was no time to relax. In short, for the bomber units of the US Army Air Forces in the Middle East, the country of Romania represents a hell with no return.

"Our bomber unit does not have the escort of fighter jets. For them, entering the German inland for bombing is no different from dying. Now that all the planes are taking off to bomb the German army on a large scale, who can guarantee the success of the operation? A general of the Air Force sighed and said, "We can't risk the lives of so many pilots."

"General, war is a risk!" The commander-in-chief glanced at his complaining subordinates and said fiercely: "Even if our entire army is wiped out, as long as we can paralyze the German oil refinery, it will be a win for the United States." Already!"

Another American general stared at the map and finally shook his head. He has always been a seasoned general who pays more attention to practical actions. At this time, he interrupted the quarrel between the two, pointed to the map and said helplessly: "Instead of arguing about how many planes will be lost, it is better to say that this mission is not available at all now." There is room for success. The previous take-off base was in Greece, which is now Turkey’s territory... Now no matter how we fly, we have to pass over Crete or Turkey. This is not a sneak attack, but an explicit death.”

"That's right! Once our plane is spotted by the Germans or Turkey in the airspace of Crete or Turkey, then it is estimated that in the airspace of Bulgaria and other places, we will be able to see the German fighter jets flying to trouble us." Another The American general nodded and agreed with this realistic question: "It is definitely not a good choice to take off and bomb directly."

"You don't need to worry too much about this." The major who sent the telegram who had been silent all this time opened his mouth to show off his faint presence. His words made the whole office suddenly quiet, and everyone looked at the major. Make him hairy. In the end, he mustered up his courage and said, "There is a man named Doolittle. He thought of a way. Later, the whole plan will be sent by telegram..."

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